Editing Edmund Henry Barker (section)

==Works==
Barker was a prolific writer on classical and other subjects, but it is as a [[lexicographer]] that he is now mainly known. While at Hatton, he planned a new edition of [[Henricus Stephanus|Stephanus]]'s ''Thesaurus Graecae Linguae''. The work was undertaken by [[Abraham John Valpy]], and, although not publicly stated, it was understood that Barker was the responsible editor. When a few parts had appeared, it was criticized in the ''[[Quarterly Review]]'' (xxii., 1820) by [[Edward Valentine Blomfield]]; the original plan of the work was then curtailed, and Barker's name was not used. It was completed in twelve volumes (1816–1828). The strictures of the ''Quarterly'' were answered by Barker in his ''Aristarchus Anti-Blomfieldianus'', answered by [[James Henry Monk]].<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Barker, Edmund Henry}}</ref>

Barker produced a new edition (1829) of the ''Thesaurus  Ellipsium Latinarum'' of [[Elias Palairet]]. With [[George Dunbar (classical scholar)|George Dunbar]] he wrote a  Greek and English Lexicon.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Palairet, Elias|volume=43}}</ref> He also saw through the press the English edition of [[John Lemprière]]'s [[Lemprière's Bibliotheca Classica|''Classical Dictionary'']] (revised by [[Charles Anthon]]) and of [[Webster's Dictionary|Webster's English Dictionary]].<ref name="EB1911"/>

The ''[[editio princeps]]'' (1820) of Περὶ τόνων, the treatise on [[prosody (linguistics)|prosody]] sometimes attributed to [[Arcadius of Antioch]], was published by Barker from a Paris manuscript. He also published notes on the ''Etymologicum Gudianum''.  In addition to contributing to the ''[[Classical Journal]]'', he edited portions of classical authors for the use of schools, and was one of the first commentators to write notes in [[English language|English]] instead of [[Latin]].<ref name="EB1911"/>

Continental scholars had a more favourable opinion of Barker than the British did. He expressed contempt for the close-reading verbal criticism in [[Richard Porson]]'s style.<ref name="EB1911"/>

In a volume of letters Barker disputed the claims made that Sir [[Philip Francis (English politician)|Philip Francis]] was the author of the ''[[Letters of Junius]]'' (see [[identity of Junius]]). His ''Parriana'' (1828), based around [[Samuel Parr]], was a vast compilation of literary anecdotes and criticisms.<ref name="EB1911"/>